Implementing Worklessness Initiatives in Wales
Partnership Working at a Local Level
Thursday 18th September 2008 – Cardiff
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Aims and Objectives
Wales has the largest proportion of workless households of any of the constituent parts of the UK, 14% as opposed to 11.8% in England and Northern Ireland, and 11.6% in Scotland.
Office of National Statistics, September 2007

Worklessness is a considerable drain on public resources and has profound negative implications for individuals and households. It is associated with long term poverty and poor mental health. There are also intergenerational effects through child poverty and attitudes towards work which can create successive cycles of social exclusion.

None of these issues can be tackled without forging effective working partnerships between the public, voluntary and private sector, including support from local employers from large businesses through to small and medium sized enterprises.

Councils and their partners are best placed to understand local issues through local knowledge and how to target certain areas of worklessness. This interactive seminar focuses on identifying practical measures and solutions through real-life examples of success and best practice across Wales.
Benefits of Attending
  • Overcome barriers to implementing worklessness initiatives at a local level
  • Understand how to form effective working partnerships at both a strategic and operational level to tackle worklessness
  • Learn how to successfully persuade local businesses to sign up to your worklessness programmes
  • Consider how to work more effectively with the Third Sector, especially in engaging with and supporting hard-to-reach groups
  • Improve your awareness of the role housing associations play in tackling worklessness and how you can form effective partnerships with them
  • Consider how you can help people with health problems find and maintain meaningful employment
  • Network and form effective working partnerships with a range of professionals and organisations tackling worklessness to form a co-ordinated approach in your area
Speakers
Seminar Leader:
Sarah Lloyd-Jones, Director
People and Work Unit		 Gareth Matthews
Project Director
And Ali Thomas
Project Manager
Rhyl City Strategy
Kevin Christie
Business Manager Wales
Remploy		 Keith Edwards
Project Director
i2i – inform to involve
Julie May
Head of Programmes
and Corporate Services
Prince’s Trust Cymru		 Matthew Thomas
Wales Regional Employer
Engagement Manager
Jobcentre Plus

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